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Amazon.comWall Street Journal Counts 30,000 Kindle SubscribersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:00pm.
New York
- News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) The Wall Street Journal currently counts around 30,000
subscribers via Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader, PaidContent reported, citing
comments made by Down Jones head Les Hinton on Thursday. With a subscription
fee of $15 per month, that translates to about $5.4 million in annual revenues
-- although PaidContent notes that Dow Jones's cut would be less than half that
figure.
tags: Newspapers | E-Books | News Corp. | Publishing | Amazon.com | Kindle | The Wall Street Journal |
Susan Boyle CD Breaks Amazon.com Pre-Order RecordAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 11:58am.
Seattle
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) said on Thursday that reality TV singing star Susan Boyle's
forthcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," has become the largest global
pre-order CD in the company's history. Boyle racked up millions of views on
YouTube for her performances on "Britain's Got Talent."
Amazon.com Launches "PayPhrase" Checkout ShortcutAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 29, 2009 - 8:43am.
Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has launched a new
shortcut for making online payments, "PayPhrase," which lets consumers
pick their own customized phrase -- such as "Fiesty Mango" -- and
four-digit PIN to purchase items across the Web.
Aviary Raises $7 Million for Online Editing SoftwareAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 26, 2009 - 6:34am.
Long Island,
N.Y. - Aviary, a provider of
online digital content creation and editing software, announced on Monday that
it has closed a $7 million second round of financing, led by Spark Capital with
participation from Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions.
tags: Deals | VC | Music | Amazon.com | Spark Capital | Images | Bezos Expeditions | Jeff Bezos | Aviary |
Amazon Releases Free "Kindle for PC" ApplicationAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 22, 2009 - 12:09pm.
Seattle
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Thursday released a new, free software application that will
allow users to read books purchased from its Kindle Store on a PC. The Kindle
Store offers over 360,000 titles for $9.99 or less. The Kindle for PC
application includes Amazon's Whispersync feature, which will save and sync
bookmarks in e-books across devices, including the Kindle, iPhone and now PC. Separately,
the company knocked $20 off the price of the international version of its
Kindle 2 e-book reader, which will now sell for $259 -- the same price tag
sported by the version sold in the U.S.
Amazon.com: Susan Boyle CD Breaks Pre-Order Sales RecordAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2009 - 10:50am.
Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) said on Wednesday
that "Britain's
Got Talent" star Susan Boyle's upcoming album, "I Dreamed a
Dream," has become the largest CD pre-order in the company's history. The company
did not disclose exactly how many pre-orders it has received for the album,
which is due for release on Nov. 23 from Sony Music Entertainment.
Barnes & Noble Unveils $259 Nook E-book ReaderAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2009 - 9:59am.
 New York
- Bookseller Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) on Tuesday introduced its own e-book reader
device, the $259 Nook, which features both a six-inch reading display and a
color touch-screen display with virtual keyboard, The New York Times reported.
The Nook sports both Wi-Fi connectivity, and a link to AT&T's 3G wireless
network for browsing and purchasing e-book titles.
Amazon Debuts Same-Day Shipping in 7 U.S. CitiesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2009 - 9:49am.
Seattle - Online retail giant
Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has introduced same-day delivery in seven U.S.
cities, including New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Baltimore,
Las Vegas, Seattle
and Washington, D.C. Cutoff times for the Local Express
Delivery service range from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, while shipping charges range from
$5.99 per item, for subscribers to the $79 per year Amazon Prime service, to as
much as $18.99 for items like computers.
tags: Retail | Amazon.com |
Amazon Dumps Overseas Web Access on International KindleAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 13, 2009 - 11:05am.
San Francisco
- Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) new international version of its Kindle e-book reader will not
feature wireless Internet connectivity, at least at launch, Wired.com reports.
Sony Selling PS3, PSP Game Access Codes on AmazonAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2009 - 12:29pm.
Foster City,
Calif. - Sony Computer
Entertainment America said on Wednesday that it has partnered with Amazon.com
to place digital access codes for more than 200 PlayStation Network games and
game-related content for the PlayStation 3 and PSP available for purchase and
download from the Amazon.com Video Game Store. The digital access codes then
unlock the game downloads via a PS3 or PSP.
Amazon Debuts International Kindle; Cuts U.S Price to $259Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2009 - 9:44am.
 Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Wednesday introduced an
international version of its Kindle e-book reader device, the which will come
bundled with AT&T 3G network coverage available in 100 countries, and
retail for $279 when its ships on Oct. 19. Over 85 U.S. and international
newspapers will be available in the Kindle Store, including La Stampa (Italy);
El País (Spain); El Universal (Mexico); O Globo (Brazil); The Daily Telegraph
(UK); Le Monde (France); and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany).
Amazon Pays $150K to Settle Suit Over Kindle E-book DeletionsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2009 - 9:56am.
Seattle
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has paid $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two Kindle e-book
reader device owners over the company's remote deletion of their copies of
George Orwell's "1984."
Dan Brown E-book Outselling Hardcover on AmazonAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2009 - 12:20pm.
Seattle
- In a sign that the nascent e-book market is beginning to take off, "Da
Vinci Code" author Dan Brown's new book, "The Lost Symbol," is
currently selling more e-book than hardcover copies on Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN), the Kindle
Nation blog reported. The Kindle e-book version sells for $9.99 while the
hardcover costs $16.17. PaidContent notes that one reason for the gap could be
the fact that the hardcover version has been available for purchase longer.
Amazon Assails Google Book Deal; Google Trots Out BackersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 3, 2009 - 8:13am.
 Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) on Thursday held
a conference call with reporters during which a group of professors and civil
rights leaders voiced support for the company's book-scanning project and
settlement deal with authors, The Wall Street Journal reported. They argued
that the digital book archive will help "bridge the digital divide"
for students. Participants on the call included Wade Henderson, president of
the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Chris Danielson, of the National
Federation for the Blind; and Lateef Mtima, director of the Institute of
Intellectual Property & Social Justice at Howard University.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Google | Copyright | E-Books | Publishing | Books | Amazon.com | Authors Guild | Google Book Search |
Sony Debuts $399 'Daily' Touch-Screen E-book ReaderAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 10:46am.
 New York
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) on Tuesday introduced a new e-book reader device, the Reader Daily
Edition, which will sport a touch-screen display and 3G wireless Internet
access through AT&T when it goes on sale in December for $399. That price
point will make the Daily $100 more expensive than rival Amazon's new Kindle 2
e-book reader.
tags: Sony | AT&T | Retail | E-Books | Publishing | Books | OverDrive | Amazon.com | Kindle | Reader Daily Edition |
Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo to Oppose Google Book SettlementAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 10:03am.
San Francisco
- Google's (NASD: GOOG) proposed settlement with authors that would create a massive online
database of many of the world's books will see new opposition from the likes of
Internet heavyweights Amazon (NASD: AMZN), Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) and Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), The New York Times reported.
The companies plan to join the Open Book Alliance, a group that includes the
Internet Archive, which is expected to ask the court to block the settlement on
the grounds it is anticompetitive.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Microsoft | Yahoo | Google | Publishing | Books | Amazon.com | Google Book Search | Open Book Alliance |
Report: CDs Still 65% of U.S. Market; iTunes Sells 1 in 4 TracksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2009 - 9:49am.
 *A correction was made to this story.Port Washington, N.Y. - While digital music sales are taking a larger share of the U.S. market, and Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store now accounts for one of every four songs sold, CDs still comprise 65% of all music purchases, according to a report from market research firm NPD Group. "Many people are surprised that the CD is still the dominant music delivery format, given the attention to digital music and the shrinking retail footprint for physical products," said NPD analyst Russ Crupnick. "But with digital music sales growing at 15 to 20 percent, and CDs falling by an equal proportion, digital music sales will nearly equal CD sales by the end of 2010." Amazon's CreateSpace to Offer Movie, TV Soundtrack CDsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2009 - 3:02pm.
Charleston, S.C. - Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace on-demand
distribution service announced on Monday that it has partnered with New Line
Records, Sony Pictures and Lionsgate to make a selection of movie soundtracks
and TV show themes available as on-demand CDs. Initial releases will include
"District 9," "Julie & Julia" and "The Time
Traveler's Wife." Out-of-print soundtracks such as "My Best Friend's
Wedding" and "Primal Fear" are also being made available on the
service.
News Corp. Results Dinged by MySpace; Plans Pay News SitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 6, 2009 - 7:24am.
 New York
- Media conglomerate News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) reported a 10.7% decline in quarterly revenue,
to $7.67 billion, and a net loss of $203 million, largely due to an operating
loss of $136 million at social network MySpace. The loss at MySpace was
attributed to the declining ad market, and competition from rival Facebook.
tags: Advertising | Social Networking | MySpace | Newspapers | News Corp. | Publishing | Amazon.com | Wall Street Journal | Rupert Murdoch | Financials | Kindle |
Sony to Debut New E-Book Readers, Discount Top E-Book TitlesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2009 - 12:07pm.
New York
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) plans to introduce two new e-book reader devices on Wednesday, priced at
$199 and $299, and will also cut prices on bestselling e-books at its online
store, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person briefed on the matter.
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